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Cemeteries and Memorial Parks
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Renée Ater
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<p>This collection is just a fraction of the burial sites dedicated to enslaved persons, "<a href="https://www.ncpedia.org/contrabands" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contrabands</a>," and freed persons. Many of these cemeteries and memorial parks have suffered greatly over the years--some have been desecrated and destroyed while others have been long ignored and fallen into disrepair. The monuments and memorials in this collection are part of local efforts to restore and recognize the importance of black life in death, including the <a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1130" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Freedman's Cemetery Memorial</a> in Dallas, Texas, and the <a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1128" target="_blank" rel="noopener">African Burying Ground Memorial</a> in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.</p>
<p><strong>Further reading:</strong></p>
<p>Seth Freed Wesler, "Black Deaths Matter," The Nation, October 15, 2015, <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/black-deaths-matter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/black-deaths-matter/</a>.</p>
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Written by Renée Ater
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216 in. (548.64 cm.)
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<i>The Path of Thorns and Roses </i>(Contraband and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, Alexandria, VA)<i><br /></i>
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Subject (Topic) <br />African Americans--Virginia<br />Alexandria (Va.)--History<br />American South<br />Cemeteries--Virginia<br />Freedmen--Virginia<br />Fugitive slaves--United States <br />Public art <br />Public sculpture
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
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<p><em>The Path of Thorns and Roses</em> is an 18-foot high sculpture that spirals upwards and includes six allegorial figures: Oppression (a semi-nude male figure), Struggle (a semi-nude male figure at the base of the sculpture), Sacrifice (a woman who grasps the limp body of a child), Loss (a woman enfolded onto herself), and Compassion (a woman holding a baby and reaching towards Loss). Hope, a man with a bald head, stands on his toes within a large circle of thorns. The figure of Hope holds an unbloomed rose in his outstretched hands. Alongside the statue is a four-walled structure, “The Place of Remembrance,” the includes the names of individuals interred at the site as well as historical information on African Americans in Alexandria during the Civil War. Limestone blocks mark individual graves.</p>
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Chiodo, Mario, 1961-
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Photographs by Renée Ater
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Dedication: September 6, 2014
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C. J. Howard, RA (original design); Joanna Blake (sculptor, bas-reliefs); AECOM (formerly EDAW); Howard + Revis Design; City of Alexandria; Friends of Freedmen's Cemetery; and Alexandria Commission for the Arts.
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City of Alexandria, Alexandria City Hall, 301 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, United States
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English
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Visual Arts-Sculpture
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216 in. (548.64 cm.)
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Bronze; Granite; Red sandstone
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Design Competition: 2008
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<p>“Contrabands & Freedmen Cemetery Memorial.” City of Alexandria Virginia. February 2, 2018. Accessed March 21, 2018. <a href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/FreedmenMemorial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.alexandriava.gov/FreedmenMemorial</a>.</p>
<p>“Forgotten Cemetery for Freed Slaves Rediscovered.” CBS Evening News. September 10, 2014. Accessed March 21, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pK4e8daKPc.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pK4e8daKPc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pK4e8daKPc</a></p>
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1001 S. Washington Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, United States
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<i>Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial</i>
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Renée Ater
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<p><em><strong>Bronze plaque on base of sculpture:</strong> </em><br /><i>The Path of Thorns and Roses</i>. Created and sculpted by Mario Chido, 2013. Public art owned by the City of Alexandria, Virginia. Cast by Mussi Artworks Foundry, California.</p>
<p><em><strong>Engraving on base of sculpture:</strong></em> <br />“I am thankful there is a beginning. I am full of hope for tomorrow. A Power mightier than man is guiding this revolution; and though justice moves slowly, it will come at last. The American people will outlive this mean prejudice against complexion.” —Harriet Jacobs, freedwoman, author, educator and dedicated aid worker in Alexandria during the Civil War</p>
<p><em><strong>Inset brick with bronze lettering on plaza:</strong></em><br />1955 Gas Station. Under this plaza is the concrete floor of a gas station, the construction of which desecrated many graves. The flooring was kept in place to protect the graves that remain below.</p>
<p><em><strong>Text from Wall One of "The Place of Remembrance"</strong></em><strong>:<br /></strong>Welcome to Contrabands and Freemen Cemetery Memorial <br /><br />During the Civil War, Alexandria’s population swelled with more than 20,000 enslaved African Americans fleeing Confederate territory for safety behind Union lines. Initially called Contrabands because they were considered “property” taken during wartime, they would later be called Freedmen. The new arrivals joined Alexandria’s free and enslaved African Americans, hoping to find jobs, homes, educational opportunities, and lost family. They also found deplorable living conditions and a raging smallpox epidemic. Many people died just as freedom came within reach. <br /><br />The federal government established a cemetery for the dead here in 1864. A formal record documents the burials for 1,711 individuals through January 1869 when the government abandoned the cemetery. The community of Freedmen was left the task of maintenance, and may have continued using the burial ground well after it closed. Over time, its wooden grave markers deteriorated, and the cemetery suffered many desecrations. An adjacent brick manufactory excavated clay, exposing bones and coffins. The paving of Washington Street covered and disturbed graves and the development of a gas station, the Beltway, and an office building destroyed hundreds more. <br /><br />Locations of many of the surviving graves remain unidentified but more than 540 have been found by archaeologists and given markers. Though individuals can no longer be linked to burial plots, the names of those buried in this cemetery survive. They are inscribed here, along with ages, dates, and places of death, and notes left by the record-keeper. Today, visitors to the cemetery memorial join descendants of the Contrabands and Freedman in honoring the memorial of these freedom seekers.<br /><br />Individuals for whom living descendants have been identified are noted with this marker.<br /><br /><em>[The following text appears above the bronze plaques with the names of those buried at the site.]</em><br /><br />In Alexandria’s first known civil rights protest,… members of the United States Colored Troops signed a petition requesting that black soldiers be buried alongside their white comrades in arms at the nearby military cemetery. Some Authors fought their request and, in one instance, the caisson of a USCT soldier en route to the military cemetery was forcibly re-routed to his cemetery. Still, the soldiers won their battle, and in January 1865, caskets of over a hundred USCT soldiers were disinterred from this burial ground and moved to Alexandria’s National Cemetery where they are recognized by stone markers today. Their names are listed below.</p>
<p><em><strong>Text from Wall Two of "The Place of Remembrance":</strong></em><br />[<em>The following text appears below an 1865 grid street plan of Alexandria</em>] <br /><br />The City
<br />The Freedom seekers who arrived in Alexandria joined a large existing community of African Americans, including many free and enslaved individuals. These residents, new and old, helped to shape the city, establishing neighborhoods, and founding churches and schools. They also went to work on the railroads, at the wharves, in factories and small businesses, at hospitals and army encampments, and in their homes. <br /><br />Freedmen’s Cemetery <br />This burial ground for African Americans was established by the federal government on the outskirts of town, on land owned by Francis Smith, Robert E. Lee’s attorney.<br /><br />Soldiers Cemetery<br />Injured soldiers of the US Colored Troops convalescing at L’Ouverture Hospital successfully petitioned for the right to a burial alongside their white comrades at this military cemetery. <br /><br />Slave Jail and L’Ouverture Hospital <br />The Price Birch and Co. slave jail at 1315 Duke Street was once the last stop for thousands of slaves sold south to a life of extreme hardship. The Union army commandeered the property as a jail. In 1804, a hospital was built nearby that treated African American soldiers and civilians for diseases like tuberculosis and typhoid, Shiloh Baptist Church congregation formed here.<br /><br />Contraband Barracks and School <br />Some Freedmen found housing in crowded barracks like those on Prince Street. Despite the difficult conditions. Freedmen attended a school established at the barracks.<br /><br />African American Schools<br />Deprived of an education by slavery, Contraband and Freedmen seized the opportunity to learn. Adults and children alike filled Contraband schools across the city learning for the first time to read and write.<br /><br />African American Neighborhoods <br />While some of those arriving in Alexandria settled into established free black neighborhoods such as Hayti and the Bottoms, most camped out in deserted buildings or on marginal land, often constructing their own huts and shacks. These crowded settlements eventually became new African American neighborhoods such as Cross-Canal, Petersburg, and Grantville.<br /><br />African American Churches <br />Places of gathering, faith, aid, and activism, Alexandria’s black churches were critical to the Contraband and Freedmen community. Many of Alexandria’s present-day congregations began meeting during the war. <br /><br />Railroads<br />Alexandria’s strategic location where railroads met waterways made it a center of supply for the Union army. Rails also transported soldiers to the front and brought back the wounded to Alexandria’s hospital. Many Freedmen became railroad workers helping to keep goods and personnel moving. <br /><br />Wharves <br />Many Contrabands and Freemen worked on the waterfront, processing, loading, and unloading goods coming in on ships and by rail. These laborers kept a steady stream of food and supplies flowing to the Union army.<br /><br />[<em>The following text appears below a bas-relief of enslaved people escaping bondage</em>] <br /><br />Fleeing slavery for sanctuary and freedom in Alexandria<br /><br />When Virginia seceded in May of 1861, Union troops occupied Alexandria and turned the port town into a staging area and base for operation. It also became a beacon for freedom seekers who took the opportunity war provided to escape enslavement. Thousands of fleeing African Americans made the dangerous and difficult journey through Confederate territory, often traveling on foot, some coming from hundreds of miles away. They arrived in Alexandria hungry, tired, and with few resources, and began searching our food, clothing shelter, medical treatment, and education. <br /><br /><em>[The following quote appears to the right of the bas-relief.]</em><br /><br />“I traveled 65 miles and we had 52 on our number before, we crost, the river…we tought, we wold, be taken eny moment, the babys cried, and we could whear, the sound of them. On the warter. We lay all night in the woods, and next day we traveled on and we reached, Suffolk that night and we lost twenty one of the Number.” —Emma Bynum, a freedwoman describing her flights to freedmen in a composition for her schoolteacher, Miss Lucy Chase</p>
<p><em><strong>Text from Wall Three of "The Place of Remembrance":</strong></em><br /><em>[The following text appears below a bas-relief of a school teacher surrounded by her students</em>.]<br /><br />Learning to read at an Alexandria freedmen’s school<br /><br />Overwhelmed by their numbers, Alexandria could offer little aid to the newly arrived Contrabands. Some took up residence in temporary barracks created near the site of a former slave jail. Others found shelter in free black neighborhoods or in abandoned buildings and shanties. Social workers like Julia Wilbur, a white Quaker from New York, and Harriet Jacobs, a black freedwoman, responded to the need by gathering supplies, attending to medical problems, and setting up school and other community services. Despite their efforts, many particularly children, died from exposure or disease. Still, the freed people worked tirelessly to create new lives, and in the process, reshaped the city of Alexandria.” <br /><br /><em>[The following quote appears to the right of the bas-relief.]</em> <br /><br />“Besides the school in the barracks there are our others in the city, which are self-sustaining, one containing one hundred and fifty pupils, It is an astonishing fact, which ought to be placed upon record…that out of the two thousand people collected at Alexandria there are four hundred children sent daily to school. The first demand of these fugitives when they come into this place is that their children may go to school.” —Harriet Jacobs, freedwoman, educator, and aid worker in Alexandria, April 29, 1863<br /><br />[<em>The following text appears below an aerial map of the cemetery</em>] <br /><br />The Site:<br />The cemetery was established in 1864 and officially closed in 1869. Burials probably continued after this time, even as the wooden grave markers from the Civil War era deteriorated. Over the next century, this site endured many intrusions, and no longer appeared to be a sacred place. This site map identified features uncovered by historical and archaeological research, as well as desecrations, that occurred through the 1990s.”<br /><br />1) Memorial Fence: Today, a steel fence evokes the wooden picket fence that once encircled the cemetery. The historic boundary is unknown, but likely included additional land that was paved over during the construction of South Washington Street.<br /><br />2) Carriage Path: Carts carrying the dead entered the cemetery along this route.<br /><br />3) Grave Shafts: Archaeology has identified more than 540 of the 1,711 burials believed to be present on site. Although no graves or artifacts were disturbed, the study revealed evidence of prior destruction caused by development of the site.<br /><br />4) American Indian Site: Thousands of stone artifacts were discovered during archaeological investigations, including a 13,000 year old Clovis spear point. These finds suggest that American Indians periodically visited this bluff overlooking Hunting Creek for millennia to manufacture tools for hunting, scraping, hides, and other activities.<br /><br />5) United States Colored Troops Section: As a result of a successful protest by USCT to be buried with full honors alongside their white comrades, the caskets of USCT were moved from a section of the cemetery to the nearby military cemetery in 1805.<br /><br />6) Brickyard: Clay excavations may have occurred on the western edge of the cemetery, resulting in the desecration of graves, as noted by an 1892 <em>Washington Post</em> article: Of late the owners have been allowing the neighboring brickyard to dig clay from the outer edges of the graveyard with which to make brick. This digging has resulted in the unearthing of many coffins and skeletons, leaving the outer graves in very bad condition.<br /><br />7) Gas Station: The current memorial plaza is built atop the floor and foundations of a service station built in 1955.<br /><br />8) Office Building: The slab of a 1960 office building was covered during the memorial’s construction to protect the graves presumed to be below. A reconstruction portion of the building can still be seen on Church Street. Two stone Markers located the southernmost corners of the building.</p>
<p><em><strong>Text from Wall Four of “The Place of Remembrance”:</strong></em><strong></strong><br />“I have just witnessed a novel and solemn scene, a funeral in the open air. The deceased, Peter Washington, was an old man, and a slave until the breaking out of the war… After the signing and a prayer, a minister, an early associate of the deceased gave a brief sketch of the life of Peter Washington. He had eight children; in one day he was bereft of his six daughters and five grandchildren. ‘On that day’ said the minister, ‘he leant on me, and with a bursting heart exclaimed, “If it were not my hope in Christ, I could not bear up under this trial.”’ [M]any of his hearers seemed to find an echo to a like experience in their own souls, They swayed their forms, and moaned as if some wound of the past was being dressily probed. No child of his came to bid him a last farewell, they are scattered I know not where: his two sons are in the army battling for the country their father loved inspite of her persecutions to him and his.” —Harriet Jacobs, freedwoman, educator, and aid worker in Alexandria, describing the funeral of Peter Washington, buried here May 32, 1864</p>
<p><em><strong>Text from grave marker:</strong></em><br />Many of the African Americans who fled to Alexandria to escape enslavement and those already living here succumbed to disease and deprivation during and shortly after the Civil War. Carts bearing the dead entered the cemetery along a path in this location. Stones mark the locations of more than 540 graves identified by archaeologists and now protected by the memorial. According to historic records, the cemetery once held nearly 1,200 additional graves, many of which were destroyed by buildings and roads. Of the people laid to rest here, over half were children under the age of sixteen.</p>
archaeology
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Harriet Tubman Monuments
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Written by Grace Yasumura
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Renée Ater
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<p>The monuments and memorials in the section commemorate the extraordinary achievements of the abolitionist and women’s rights activist <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harriet Tubman</a>, née Araminta Ross, (c. 1822—1913). Born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, she escaped to freedom in 1849. During the next ten years, she made approximately thirteen trips into Maryland to rescue other enslaved family members and friends. She provided instructions for escape to about 70 more enslaved people who were able to self-emancipate. During the Civil War, she served the United States Army as a spy, scout, nurse and cook. As one of the most famous conductors of the <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-ugrr/short-history-ugrr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Underground Railroad</a>, the monuments in this section often depict Tubman leading groups of freedom seekers on their journey northwards to freedom, such as Mario Chiodo’s <a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/3" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom</em></a>. In other works, such as Alison Saar’s <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/12" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Swing Low</em></a>, Tubman is depicted alone, facing southward as she makes the perilous journey back to Maryland to free more enslaved people.</p>
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100 in. (274.32 cm.)
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<em>Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom</em> (Wilimington, DE)
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<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionist--United States<br />Antislavery movements--United States <br />Fugitive slaves--United States <br />Northeastern United States <br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913 <br />Garrett, Thomas, 1789-1871</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
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A multi-figure sculpture of Harriet Tubman and Thomas Garrett leading two fugitive enslaved persons, a semi-nude man, and completely clothed woman, to freedom along the Underground Railroad in Wilmington, Delaware. Tubman carries a baby in her arms and wears a head wrap, shawl, haversack, and carries a pistol at her waist; Garrett wears a suit, cape and top hat, and holds a lantern. The sculpture includes three pairs of boots, a crate, and a barrel. Signed by the artist: M. Chiodo, 2012.
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Chiodo, Mario, 1961-
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Photographs by Renée Ater
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Dedication: October 3, 2012
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Oasis Design Group (Kimley-Horn); The City of Wilmington’s Percent for Art Fund; Riverfront Development Corporation of Delaware; and Riverfront Wilmington Sculpture Selection Committee
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The City of Wilmington Department of Parks and Recreation, 500 Wilmington Avenue, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, United States
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English
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Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park, 815 Justison Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, United States
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<p><em><strong>Bronze plaque:</strong></em> <br />Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom, Dedicated October 3, 2012, Honorable James M. Baker, Mayor, Artist: Mario Chiodo.</p>
<p><em><strong>Inscripton on Tubman biographical bronze plaque:</strong> </em><br />Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Harriet Ross; 1820 – March 10, 1913). ‘I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.’ Born on Maryland’s eastern shore, Harriet Tubman’s family of eleven suffered the indignities of violence and division common to the institution of slavery. Harriet escaped from slavery following the death of her owner in 1849. Over the course of 10 years, with the help of Thomas Garrett and other abolitionists, she led hundreds of slaves along the Underground Railroad through Wilmington to freedom in New York, New England, and Canada, earning the title of the ‘Moses of her people’. During the Civil War, she was a cook and a nurse and became a spy and armed scout for the federal forces, helping to liberate more than 700 slaves in South Carolina. Tubman died in 1913 at her home in Auburn, NY.</p>
<p><em><strong>Inscripton on Garrett biographical bronze plaque:</strong></em><br />Thomas Garrett (b. August 21, 1789 – d. January 24, 1871). ‘No labor during a long life has give me so much real happiness as what I have done for the slave.’ Thomas Garrett has been called Delaware’s greatest humanitarian and is credited with helping more than 2,700 slaves escape to freedom in a forty-year long career as a station master of the Underground Railroad. His abolitionist activities, along with the Quaker congregation from the Friends Meeting House in Wilmington, helped to make Wilmington an important gateway on the freedom trail. Garrett helped Harriet Tubman on her many journeys, giving her food, clothing, shelter, and money. He was convicted of violating the federal Fugitive Slave Law in 1848 and heavily fined and forced into bankruptcy. Garrett devoted his life to the abolitionist cause, openly defying slave hunters, as well as the slave system.</p>
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100 in. (274.32 cm.)
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Bronze; Stone base
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<p>Chiodo, Mario. “Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom.” Freedom March of Art. Accessed March 18, 2018, <a href="http://www.freedommarchofart.com/tubman.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.freedommarchofart.com/tubman.html</a>.</p>
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Renée Ater
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9jP20hvR-M" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“Connecting Humanity During Disconnected Times,” Mario Chiodo at TEDx Napa Valley, December 19, 2012</a>
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<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad</a>
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anti-slavery
Delaware
Harriet Tubman
Mario Chiodo
Thomas Garrett
Underground Railroad
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Harriet Tubman Monuments
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Written by Grace Yasumura
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Renée Ater
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<div style="padding-right: 30%;">
<p>The monuments and memorials in the section commemorate the extraordinary achievements of the abolitionist and women’s rights activist <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harriet Tubman</a>, née Araminta Ross, (c. 1822—1913). Born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, she escaped to freedom in 1849. During the next ten years, she made approximately thirteen trips into Maryland to rescue other enslaved family members and friends. She provided instructions for escape to about 70 more enslaved people who were able to self-emancipate. During the Civil War, she served the United States Army as a spy, scout, nurse and cook. As one of the most famous conductors of the <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-ugrr/short-history-ugrr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Underground Railroad</a>, the monuments in this section often depict Tubman leading groups of freedom seekers on their journey northwards to freedom, such as Mario Chiodo’s <a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/3" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom</em></a>. In other works, such as Alison Saar’s <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/12" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Swing Low</em></a>, Tubman is depicted alone, facing southward as she makes the perilous journey back to Maryland to free more enslaved people.</p>
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120 x 84 in. (304.8 x 213.36 cm.)
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<em>Step on Board</em> (Boston, MA)
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Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionist--United States<br />Antislavery movements--United States <br />Fugitive slaves--United States <br />Massachusetts--History<br />Northeastern United States <br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Underground Railroad
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
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A high relief sculpture with Harriet Tubman and six figures: three women, two men, and a baby. All figures are clothed in nineteenth-century dress. Wearing a dress, shawl, and head wrap, Tubman strides forward, gesturing with her left hand and holding a bible under her right arm. The figures are backed by a vertical slab of pink granite. On the reverse of statue is a diagram of the route Tubman took when accompanying passengers on the Underground Railroad (Maryland, Delaware, Philadelphia, New York City, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, Canada). Includes quotations from Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Sarah Bradford.
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Cunningham, Fern, 1949-2020
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Photographs by Renée Ater
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Dedication: June 20, 1999
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CBA Landscape Architects, Boston, Massachusetts; United South End Settlements, Boston, Massachusetts; New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts; The George B. Henderson Foundation and The Edgar Ingersoll Browne Fund, Boston, Massachusetts; and Boston Parks and Recreation
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Boston Art Commission, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, Boston City Hall, Room 802, Boston, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
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JPEG
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English
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Visual Arts-Sculpture
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Harriet Tubman Park, Columbus Avenue and Pembrook Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02116, United States
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Harriet Tubman Memorial
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<em><strong>Inscriptions on back of relief:</strong> </em><br />Step On Board, Harriet Ross Tubman, 1820 – 1913, Go Down Moses, Way Down in Egypt’s Land, Tell Old Pharoah — Let My People Go.<br /><br />“There are two things I’ve got a right to, and these are death or liberty. One or another I mean to have. No one will take me back alive.”—Harriet Tubman<br /><br />“The midnight sky and the silent stars have been the witnesses of your devotion to freedom and of your heroism.” —Frederick Douglass<br /><br />“Tell my brothers to be always watching unto prayer, and when the good old ship of Zion comes along, to be ready to step aboard.”—Harriet Tubman<br /><br />“She expected deliverance when she prayed, unless the Lord had ordered otherwise.” —Sarah Bradford
<p><em><strong>Inscription on bronze plaque:</strong> </em><br />For the Adornment and Benefit of Boston. The design, fabrication, and installation of the memorials at Harriet Tubman park were made possible through the efforts of the United South End Settlements with funding support from the New England Foundation for the Arts, George B. Henderson Foundation, the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund, a public charitable trust administered by the Trust Office of the City of Boston. The art piece ’Step on Board’ was designed by artist Fern Cunningham in 1999, and ’Emancipation’ was designed by artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller in 1913. The park is maintained by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department in partnership with the friends of Harriet Tubman Park, 2000.</p>
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120 x 84 in. (304.8 x 213.36 cm.)
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Bronze; Pink granite
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<p>“Step on Board/Harriet Tubman Memorial.” CultureNOW. Accessed March 19, 2018, <a href="https://www.culturenow.org/index.php?page=entry&permalink=08696" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.culturenow.org/index.php?page=entry&permalink=08696</a>.</p>
<p>“Special Projects: Harriet Tubman Sculpture & Park.” George B. Henderson Foundation. Accessed March 19, 2018, <a href="http://thehendersonfoundation.com/harriet_tubman_sculpture_park.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://thehendersonfoundation.com/harriet_tubman_sculpture_park.htm</a>.</p>
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Renée Ater
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<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad</a>
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anti-slavery
Boston
Fern Cunningham
Harriet Tubman
Massachusetts
Underground Railroad
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Harriet Tubman Monuments
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Written by Grace Yasumura
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Renée Ater
Description
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<div style="padding-right: 30%;">
<p>The monuments and memorials in the section commemorate the extraordinary achievements of the abolitionist and women’s rights activist <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harriet Tubman</a>, née Araminta Ross, (c. 1822—1913). Born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, she escaped to freedom in 1849. During the next ten years, she made approximately thirteen trips into Maryland to rescue other enslaved family members and friends. She provided instructions for escape to about 70 more enslaved people who were able to self-emancipate. During the Civil War, she served the United States Army as a spy, scout, nurse and cook. As one of the most famous conductors of the <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-ugrr/short-history-ugrr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Underground Railroad</a>, the monuments in this section often depict Tubman leading groups of freedom seekers on their journey northwards to freedom, such as Mario Chiodo’s <a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/3" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom</em></a>. In other works, such as Alison Saar’s <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/12" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Swing Low</em></a>, Tubman is depicted alone, facing southward as she makes the perilous journey back to Maryland to free more enslaved people.</p>
</div>
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68.4 in. (173.736 cm.)
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<i>Harriet Tubman</i> (first cast) (Mesa, AZ)
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<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionist--United States<br />American West<br />Antislavery movements--United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Description
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Harriet Tubman is shown with a walking stick in her right hand and grasping the hand of a young boy with her left hand.
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DeDecker, Jane, 1961-
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Photograph: Harriet Tubman, Mesa, Arizona, Statues of Historic Figureson Waymaking.com, <a href="https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMNZ71_Harriet_Tubman_Mesa_Arizona" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMNZ71_Harriet_Tubman_Mesa_Arizona</a>
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1995
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Las Sendas Community Association, 7900 East Eagle Crest Drive, Mesa, Arizona, 85207, United States
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JPEG
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English
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Visual Arts-Sculpture
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Harriet Tubman Children’s Parke, Las Sendas, E. Saddleback and Eagle Crest Drive, Mesa, Arizona, 85207, United States
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<p><em><strong>Inscription on back:</strong> </em><br />"Children if you are tired, keep going. If you're hungry, keep going. If you're scared, keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going." Harriet Tubman</p>
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First cast
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68.4 in. (173.736 cm.)
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<p>“Las Sendas Park Statues.” Las Sendas Is Home. Accessed March 19, 2018, <a href="http://www.lassendasishome.com/statues/." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.lassendasishome.com/statues/</a>.</p>
<p>“Harriet Tubman-Mesa, Arizona.” Statues of Historic Figures on Waymaking.com. Accessed, March 19, 2018. <a href="http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMNZ71_Harriet_Tubman_Mesa_Arizona" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMNZ71_Harriet_Tubman_Mesa_Arizona</a>.</p>
<p>"Harriet Tubman Statues by Jane DeDecker Across the US." Wander Woman Project. Accessed May 25, 2020, <a href="https://wanderwomenproject.com/places/harriet-tubman-statues-by-jane-dedecker-across-the-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://wanderwomenproject.com/places/harriet-tubman-statues-by-jane-dedecker-across-the-us/</a>.</p>
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Renée Ater
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<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad</a>
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Bronze
abolitionist
anti-slavery
Arizona
Harriet Tubman
Jane DeDecker
Underground Railroad
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Harriet Tubman Monuments
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Written by Grace Yasumura
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Renée Ater
Description
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<div style="padding-right: 30%;">
<p>The monuments and memorials in the section commemorate the extraordinary achievements of the abolitionist and women’s rights activist <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harriet Tubman</a>, née Araminta Ross, (c. 1822—1913). Born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, she escaped to freedom in 1849. During the next ten years, she made approximately thirteen trips into Maryland to rescue other enslaved family members and friends. She provided instructions for escape to about 70 more enslaved people who were able to self-emancipate. During the Civil War, she served the United States Army as a spy, scout, nurse and cook. As one of the most famous conductors of the <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-ugrr/short-history-ugrr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Underground Railroad</a>, the monuments in this section often depict Tubman leading groups of freedom seekers on their journey northwards to freedom, such as Mario Chiodo’s <a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/3" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom</em></a>. In other works, such as Alison Saar’s <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/12" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Swing Low</em></a>, Tubman is depicted alone, facing southward as she makes the perilous journey back to Maryland to free more enslaved people.</p>
</div>
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Sculpture
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68.4 in. (173.736 cm.)
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<i>Harriet Tubman</i> (second cast) (Brenau University, Gainesville, GA)
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<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionist--United States<br />American South<br />Antislavery movements--United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Description
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Harriet Tubman is shown with a walking stick in her right hand and grasping the hand of a young boy.
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DeDecker, Jane, 1961-
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Photograph: Brenau University, <a href="https://update.brenau.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_0007.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://update.brenau.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_0007.jpg</a>
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1997
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Brenau University, 500 Washington St SE, Gainesville, Georgia, 30501, United States
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JPEG
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English
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Visual Arts-Sculpture
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Thurmond McRae Lecture Hall, Brenau University, 625 Academy Street, Gainesville, Georgia, 30501, United States
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<i>Harriet Tubman and Child</i>
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<em><strong>Inscription on back:</strong> </em><br />"Children if you are tired, keep going. If you're hungry, keep going. If you're scared, keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going." Harriet Tubman
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Second cast
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68.4 in. (173.736 cm.)
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Bronze
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<p>"Harriet Tubman Statues by Jane DeDecker Across the US." Wander Woman Project. Accessed May 25, 2020, <a href="https://wanderwomenproject.com/places/harriet-tubman-statues-by-jane-dedecker-across-the-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://wanderwomenproject.com/places/harriet-tubman-statues-by-jane-dedecker-across-the-us/</a>.</p>
<p>"Harriet Tubman and Child." Vision 2020 Public Arts. Accessed May 25, 2020, <a href="https://www.2030art.com/project-02" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.2030art.com/project-02</a>.</p>
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Renée Ater
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<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/5" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Harriet Tubman</em>, Las Sendas, Mesa, Arizona</a>
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<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad</a>
abolitionist
anti-slavery
Georgia
Harriet Tubman
Jane DeDecker
Underground Railroad
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Harriet Tubman Monuments
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Written by Grace Yasumura
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Renée Ater
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<div style="padding-right: 30%;">
<p>The monuments and memorials in the section commemorate the extraordinary achievements of the abolitionist and women’s rights activist <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harriet Tubman</a>, née Araminta Ross, (c. 1822—1913). Born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, she escaped to freedom in 1849. During the next ten years, she made approximately thirteen trips into Maryland to rescue other enslaved family members and friends. She provided instructions for escape to about 70 more enslaved people who were able to self-emancipate. During the Civil War, she served the United States Army as a spy, scout, nurse and cook. As one of the most famous conductors of the <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-ugrr/short-history-ugrr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Underground Railroad</a>, the monuments in this section often depict Tubman leading groups of freedom seekers on their journey northwards to freedom, such as Mario Chiodo’s <a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/3" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom</em></a>. In other works, such as Alison Saar’s <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/12" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Swing Low</em></a>, Tubman is depicted alone, facing southward as she makes the perilous journey back to Maryland to free more enslaved people.</p>
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68.4 in. (173.736 cm.)
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<i>Harriet Tubman</i> (third cast) (Little Rock, AR)
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<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionist--United States<br />South Central United States<br />Antislavery movements--United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
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Harriet Tubman is shown with a walking stick in her right hand and grasping the hand of a young boy with her left hand.
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DeDecker, Jane, 1961-
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Photograph: Public Art Archive: Harriet Tubman, Little Rock Arkansas, <a href="https://locate.publicartarchive.org/art/Harriet-Tubman?ib=ext" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://locate.publicartarchive.org/art/Harriet-Tubman?ib=ext</a>
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2004
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Dr. Dean Kumpuris, Little Rock Board of Directors, City of Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas; John Kinkade, National Sculptors’ Guild at Columbine Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas; and Peggy and Haskell L. Dickinson (donors), Little Rock, Arkansas.
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City of Little Rock, 500 W. Markham Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72201, United States
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JPEG
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English
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Visual Arts-Sculpture
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764 President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72201, United States
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<em><strong>Inscription on back:</strong> </em><br />"Children if you are tired, keep going. If you're hungry, keep going. If you're scared, keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going." Harriet Tubman
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Third cast
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68.4 in. (173.736 cm.)
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Bronze; Concrete base
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<p>“Harriet Tubman, Little Rock, Arkansas.” Public Art Archive. Accessed March 19, 2018, <a href="https://locate.publicartarchive.org/art/Harriet-Tubman?ib=ext">https://locate.publicartarchive.org/art/Harriet-Tubman?ib=ext</a>.</p>
<p>Peacock, Leslie Newell. “Forever, Sculpture: Artwork and a City Director, Carve Out a Special Place along Little Rock’s Riverfront.” <i>Arkansas Times</i>, June 15, 2017. Accessed March 19, 2018, <a href="https://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/forever-sculpture/Content?oid=7409126" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/forever-sculpture/Content?oid=7409126</a>.</p>
<p>“Harriet Tubman Statues by Jane DeDecker Across the US.” Wander Woman Project. Accessed May 25, 2020, <a href="https://wanderwomenproject.com/places/harriet-tubman-statues-by-jane-dedecker-across-the-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://wanderwomenproject.com/places/harriet-tubman-statues-by-jane-dedecker-across-the-us/</a>.</p>
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Renée Ater
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<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/5" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Harriet Tubman</em>, Las Sendas, Mesa, Arizona</a>
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<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad</a>
abolitionist
anti-slavery
Arkansas
Harriet Tubman
Jane DeDecker
Underground Railroad
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Harriet Tubman Monuments
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Written by Grace Yasumura
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Renée Ater
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<div style="padding-right: 30%;">
<p>The monuments and memorials in the section commemorate the extraordinary achievements of the abolitionist and women’s rights activist <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harriet Tubman</a>, née Araminta Ross, (c. 1822—1913). Born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, she escaped to freedom in 1849. During the next ten years, she made approximately thirteen trips into Maryland to rescue other enslaved family members and friends. She provided instructions for escape to about 70 more enslaved people who were able to self-emancipate. During the Civil War, she served the United States Army as a spy, scout, nurse and cook. As one of the most famous conductors of the <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-ugrr/short-history-ugrr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Underground Railroad</a>, the monuments in this section often depict Tubman leading groups of freedom seekers on their journey northwards to freedom, such as Mario Chiodo’s <a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/3" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom</em></a>. In other works, such as Alison Saar’s <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/12" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Swing Low</em></a>, Tubman is depicted alone, facing southward as she makes the perilous journey back to Maryland to free more enslaved people.</p>
</div>
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68.4 in. (173.736 cm.)
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<i>Harriet Tubman</i> (fourth cast) (Ypsilanti, MI)
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<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionist--United States<br />American Midwest<br />Antislavery movements--United States<br />Michigan--History<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
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Harriet Tubman is shown with a walking stick in her right hand and grasping the hand of a young boy with her left hand.
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DeDecker, Jane, 1961-
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Photograph, Wikimedia Commons, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Harriet_Tubman_Ypsilanti_Michigan.JPG" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Harriet_Tubman_Ypsilanti_Michigan.JPG</a>
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Dedication: May 21, 2006
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Friends of Ypsilanti District Library, Ypsilanti, Michigan; Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority, Ypsilanti, Michigan; and Pfizer, Inc., Ypsilanti, Michigan
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Ypsilanti District Library, 229 West Michigan Avenue, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197, United States
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JPEG
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English
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Visual Arts-Sculpture
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Ypsilanti District Library, 229 West Michigan Avenue, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197, United States
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<p><em><strong>Bronze plaque on front of statue:</strong> </em><br />Harriet Tubman, 1820-1913. Led slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad earning her the name of ‘Moses of Her People.’ Bronze statue created by Jane DeDecker and installed in 2006.</p>
<p><em><strong>Inscription on back:</strong> </em><br />"Children if you are tired, keep going. If you're hungry, keep going. If you're scared, keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going." Harriet Tubman</p>
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Fourth cast
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68.4 in. (173.736 cm.)
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Bronze
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<p>"Library Plaza." Ypsilanti District Library. Accessed March 18, 2018, <a href="https://www.ypsilibrary.org/about/visit/ydl-michigan/library-plaza/." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.ypsilibrary.org/about/visit/ydl-michigan/library-plaza/</a>.</p>
<p>"Harriet Tubman Statues by Jane DeDecker Across the US." Wander Woman Project. Accessed May 25, 2020, <a href="https://wanderwomenproject.com/places/harriet-tubman-statues-by-jane-dedecker-across-the-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://wanderwomenproject.com/places/harriet-tubman-statues-by-jane-dedecker-across-the-us/</a>.</p>
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Renée Ater
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<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/5" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><i>Harriet Tubman</i>, Las Sendas, Mesa, Arizona</a>
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<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad</a>
abolitionist
anti-slavery
Harriet Tubman
Jane DeDecker
Michigan
Underground Railroad
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Underground Railroad Monuments
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Renée Ater
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<div style="padding-right: 30%;">
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The memorial and monuments in this collection are dedicated to the <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-ugrr/short-history-ugrr" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="s2">Underground Railroad,</span></a> an organized network of routes and safe houses that assisted freedom seekers [enslaved people] on their journeys northward. The Underground Railroad was part of the larger movement for the abolition of slavery in the United States. The movement to abolish slavery was a complicated political movement that, at its core, was driven by the resistance and activism of enslaved Black people and freedmen and women abolitionists. Manisha Sinha explores the history of American abolition, including the Underground Railroad in<span class="s2"> <a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300227116/slaves-cause" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Slave’s Cause: A History</em> of Abolition</a></span>.</span><span class="s1"></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Although Harriet Tubman is the most famous conductor in the Underground Railroad, she is not the subject of the memorials featured in this collection (see <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="s2">Harriet Tubman</span></a> for a collection of works specifically dedicated to her life and work). Rather the monuments and memorial featured here, such as Ed Dwight's <em><a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1170" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="s2">Gateway to Freedom: International Memorial to the Underground Railroad</span></a></em>, highlight other prominent conductors, as wells celebrate the fortitude and bravery of the freedom seekers as they made the perilous journey north.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
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Written by Grace Yasumura
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Sculpture
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168 x 336 in. (426.72 x 853.44 cm.)
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<em>Memorial to the Underground Railroad</em> (Battle Creek, MI)
Subject
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<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionists--United States<br />Antislavery movements--United States <br />Fugitive slaves--United States <br />Michigan--History<br />Midwestern United States<br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Hussey, Erastus, 1800-1889 <br />Hussey, Sarah Bowen, 1808-1899<br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Creator
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Dwight, Ed, 1933-
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Photograph: Wikimedia Commons, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Underground_Railroad_Sculpture_in_Battle_Creek,_Michigan_(2981829830).jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Underground_Railroad_Sculpture_in_Battle_Creek,_Michigan_(2981829830).jpg</a>
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Dedicated: October 24, 1993
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W. K. Kellogg Foundation and Glenn A. Cross Estate, Battle Creek, Michigan.
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W. K. Kellogg Foundation, 1 Michigan Avenue East, Battle Creek, Michigan, 49017, United States
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JPEG
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English
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Visual Arts-Sculpture
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Kellogg House Park, 2-10 N Monroe Street, Battle Creek, Michigan, 49017, United States
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<i>Underground Railroad Sculpture</i>; <i>Underground Railroad Monument</i>
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1993
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<p><em><strong>Bronze plaque:</strong> </em><br />Memorial to the Underground Railroad. From the 1830s to the 1861, thousands of slaves in the southern United States courageously escaped northward to freedom to what became known as the Underground Railroad. Along this secret network, ‘conductors’ like Battle Creek’s Erastus and Sarah Hussey, whose likenesses are captured in this memorial, took great personal risks to ensure the safety of escaping slaves. Harriet Tubman, known as the Black Moses, was a national heroine of this epic struggle and is depicted leading another brave family away from the shackles of slavery. This memorial honors the Underground Railroad and is dedicated to the strength of the human spirit in the quest for freedom. Ed Dwight, Sculptor. Denver, Colorado. 1993. This sculpture was made possible by a gift from the Glenn A. Cross Estate and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.</p>
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168 x 336 in. (426.72 x 853.44 cm.)
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Bronze
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<p>“Sharing the Legacies that Promote Social Justice.” W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Accessed March 19, 2018. <a href="https://www.wkkf.org/news-and-media/article/2008/01/sharing-the-legacies-that-promote-social-justice." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.wkkf.org/news-and-media/article/2008/01/sharing-the-legacies-that-promote-social-justice</a>.</p>
<p>“Battle Creek Underground Railroad Sculpture.” Detroit1701.org. Accessed March 19, 2018. <a href="http://detroit1701.org/Battle%20Creek%20Underground%20RR%20Sculpture.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://detroit1701.org/Battle%20Creek%20Underground%20RR%20Sculpture.html</a>.</p>
<p>Glesner, Anthony Patrick. "Laura Haviland: Neglected Heroine of the Underground Railroad." <em>Michigan Historical Review</em> 21, no. 1 (Spring 1995): 19-48.</p>
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Renée Ater
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A multifigure statue that includes portraits of Erastus and Sarah Hussey, abolitionists and Underground Railroad conductors in southern Michigan as well as an image of Harriet Tubman.
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<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad</a>
abolitionist
anti-slavery
Ed Dwight
Erastus Hussey
Harriet Tubman
Michigan
Sarah Hussey
Underground Railroad
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Title
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Harriet Tubman Monuments
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Written by Grace Yasumura
Contributor
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Renée Ater
Description
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<div style="padding-right: 30%;">
<p>The monuments and memorials in the section commemorate the extraordinary achievements of the abolitionist and women’s rights activist <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harriet Tubman</a>, née Araminta Ross, (c. 1822—1913). Born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, she escaped to freedom in 1849. During the next ten years, she made approximately thirteen trips into Maryland to rescue other enslaved family members and friends. She provided instructions for escape to about 70 more enslaved people who were able to self-emancipate. During the Civil War, she served the United States Army as a spy, scout, nurse and cook. As one of the most famous conductors of the <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-ugrr/short-history-ugrr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Underground Railroad</a>, the monuments in this section often depict Tubman leading groups of freedom seekers on their journey northwards to freedom, such as Mario Chiodo’s <a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/3" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom</em></a>. In other works, such as Alison Saar’s <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/12" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Swing Low</em></a>, Tubman is depicted alone, facing southward as she makes the perilous journey back to Maryland to free more enslaved people.</p>
</div>
Still Image
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Sculpture
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78 in. (198.12 cm.)
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Title
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<em>Harriet Ross Tubman Memorial</em> (Bristol, PA)
Subject
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<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionists--United States<br />Antislavery movements--United States <br />Northeastern United States <br />Pennsylvania--History<br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Description
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Single figure of Harriet Tubman, wearing a coat, haversack slung over her right shoulder, and a pistol at her waist. Tubman points her right hand toward the sky, symbolic of the “North Star.” Signed by the artist: James L. Gafgen, 2005. Foundry stamp: Art Research Enterprises: The Art Foundry.
Creator
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Gafgen, James L., 1939-
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Photographs by Renée Ater
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Dedicated: June 24, 2006
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William H. Smith (Design); Sydney L. Taylor and the African-American Historical and Cultural Society of Bucks County; The Bucks County Committee For Interracial Harmony; State of Pennsylvania; and Mayor and Council of the Borough of Bristol.
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Bristol Township, 2501 Bath Road, Bristol, Pennsylvania, 19007, United States
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JPEG
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English
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Visual Arts-Sculpture
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Bristol Lions Park, 150 Basin Park, Bristol, Pennsylvania, 19007, United States
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<p><em><strong>Inscription on base of sculpture:</strong></em><br />Harriet Ross Tubman</p>
<p><em><strong>Inscription on bronze plaque:</strong> </em><br />Harriet Ross Tubman. Abolitionist-American Hero. Circa 1820-1913. Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in 1849. She fled to Philadelphia where, as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, she made 19 sorties into the South, liberating over 300 slaves. Ms. Tubman also served as a spy and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War. Harriet Tubman—Authentic American Hero</p>
<p><em><strong>Ten granite pillars with inscriptions (clockwise from base of sculpture):</strong></em> <br />Hope is Another Form of Freedom; We Choose Inclusion Not Exclusion; Our Town is America the Beautiful; We Stand Together; Liberty and Justice For All; Move Forward; Amalgamate the Community; Freedom Will Prevail; Unity is the Way.</p>
<p><em><strong>Ten stone markers:</strong> </em><br />Names of old African American families in Bristol</p>
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78 in. (198.12 cm.)
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Bronze; Green granite
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<p>“Grant Helps Bring Tubman to Life.” HarrietTubman.com. Accessed March 21, 2018, <a href="http://www.harriettubman.com/grant.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.harriettubman.com/grant.html</a>.</p>
<p>“Harriet Tubman-Lions Park-Bristol, PA.” Statues of Historic Figures on Waymaking.com. Accessed, March 21, 2018, <a href="http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3JK9_Harriet_Tubman_Lions_Park_Bristol_PA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3JK9_Harriet_Tubman_Lions_Park_Bristol_PA</a>.</p>
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Renée Ater
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<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad</a>
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Signed: 2006
abolitionist
anti-slavery
Harriet Tubman
James Gafgen
Pennsylvania
Underground Railroad
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Harriet Tubman Monuments
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Written by Grace Yasumura
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Renée Ater
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<div style="padding-right: 30%;">
<p>The monuments and memorials in the section commemorate the extraordinary achievements of the abolitionist and women’s rights activist <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harriet Tubman</a>, née Araminta Ross, (c. 1822—1913). Born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, she escaped to freedom in 1849. During the next ten years, she made approximately thirteen trips into Maryland to rescue other enslaved family members and friends. She provided instructions for escape to about 70 more enslaved people who were able to self-emancipate. During the Civil War, she served the United States Army as a spy, scout, nurse and cook. As one of the most famous conductors of the <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-ugrr/short-history-ugrr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Underground Railroad</a>, the monuments in this section often depict Tubman leading groups of freedom seekers on their journey northwards to freedom, such as Mario Chiodo’s <a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/3" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom</em></a>. In other works, such as Alison Saar’s <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/12" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Swing Low</em></a>, Tubman is depicted alone, facing southward as she makes the perilous journey back to Maryland to free more enslaved people.</p>
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Sculpture
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84 in. (213.36 cm.)
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<em>Harriet Tubman</em> (Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD)
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<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionists--United States<br />Antislavery movements--United States <br />Maryland--History<br />Northeastern United States <br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Slavery--Maryland<br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
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Harriet Tubman wears a nineteenth-century inspired dress. On her left shoulder sits a saw-whet owl, at her right foot rests a rabbit. She extends her right arm into the air, perpendicular to her body. Ten seashells are sculpted into the base of the monument.
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Hill, James K., 1945-
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Dedicated: September 22, 2009
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Salisbury University (funder); Students assisting with the project included Mike Benson, Jason Bromley, Jen Drake, Sarah Halcot, Christopher Hill, Robbie Johnson, Sam Jones, Diana Mosteller, Keely Patton, Tom Ruch, Dan Stachurski, Phillip Taylor and Tom Wright. SU faculty emeritus Gerry Patt Jr. helped with the sculpture’s casting. Faculty emerita Marie Cavallaro documented the procedure.
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Salisbury University, 1101 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, Maryland, 21801, United States
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JPEG
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English
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Visual Arts-Sculpture
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Teacher Education and Technology Center, Salisbury University, S. Salisbury Boulevard (BUS. 13), Salisbury, Maryland, 21801, United States
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<p><em><strong>Inscription on bronze plaque:</strong></em> <br />Harriet Tubman. C. 1821-1913. ‘The midnight sky and the silent stars have been the witness of your devotion to freedom and of your heroism,’ wrote fellow abolitionist and Eastern Shore native Frederick Douglass of Harriet Tubman. A Civil War nurse, scout, spy, military strategist and early women’s suffragist, the ‘Moses of her people’ freed hundreds of slaves via the Underground Railroad. With the support of the Salisbury University community, sculptor James Hill and his students realized this work in 2009, with the hope that her story will continue to inspire courage and action in the pursuit of human rights.</p>
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84 in. (213.36 cm.)
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Bronze
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<p>Press Releases. “New SU Sculpture Honors Harriet Tubman.” <i>News</i>. Salisbury University. September 22, 2009. Assessed March 21, 2018, <a href="http://www.salisbury.edu/news/article.html?id=3995" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.salisbury.edu/news/article.html?id=3995</a>.</p>
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Renée Ater
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<i>Harriet Tubman Statue</i>
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Photographs by Renée Ater
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<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad</a>
abolitionist
anti-slavery
Harriet Tubman
James K. Hill
Maryland
Underground Railroad